Review and recommit

 This is really an awesome sight to watch if you've never had the chance. Very fascinating. 

    (Read this last paragraph about their dedication.)

In 2003 as Hurricane Isabelle was approaching Washington, DC, our US Senate/House took 2 days off with anticipation of the storm. On the ABC evening news, it was reported that because of the dangers from the hurricane, the military members assigned the duty of guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier were given permission to suspend the assignment. They  respectfully declined the offer, "No way, Sir!" Soaked to the skin, marching in the pelting rain of a tropical storm, they said that guarding the Tomb was not just an assignment, it was the highest honor that can be afforded to a serviceperson. The tomb has been patrolled continuously, 24/7, since 1930

 

 Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

Below are current issues I have with with Google Docs and Google Templates. They are not show stoppers but they are  annoying.

Google Docs (GD)

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Google Templates (GT)

1. A few of my templates have disappeared and I have had to resubmit them.

Both GD and GT

1. I create all my documents using an html editing software called Dreamweaver (DW) then copy that documet into GD then, sometimes,  GT. On DW, paragraph formatting is normal (via the "<p>" function). GD does not honor the "<p>" function the way it should. Thus, you don't see blank lines between paragraphs - and you (or I) need to edit the GD version to manually insert line breaks. When I think a GD is finally complete, I will insert those line breaks. Until then, I need you to do that in your version of the GD.
2. # Anchor links within a document permit access to specific locations within a document.  The beginning of this sentence contains an achor called "test". The URL (see your browser's address box above) for this post is "http://lifeworkps.com/hubbard/weblog/4117.html".  Click on the "#" in the front of the sentence and notice the anchor link"#test" at the end of the URL which will look like this "http://lifeworkps.com/hubbard/weblog/4117.html#test". GD/GT does not recognize anchcor links, therefore this demo could not be reproduced in a GD or a GT.  

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My notes (Page references) 

1. A copy of these notes are both in this post - http://lifeworkps.com/hubbard/weblog/4112.html and in the review section of the book in LibraryThing.
2. 11 - I am very impressed that the author has created 16 worksheets that can be downloaded from http://www.execglobalnet.com/careercenter/resourcesworksheets/
3. ...
4. ...

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In LibraryThing

1. Details
2. Description
3. Work
4. My review  (See My Notes above)

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I attended the excellent 12 hr "Transition Yourself" workshop ¹ offered by Susan Kay Wilson via the Hard Times Grant funded by the Washington State Library Renew Washington Project under the Federal Library Services and Technology Act, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. ²

I am hopeful that there will be many more workshops offered and that the weekly (Friday) network support group continues its meetings.

I'm also hopeful that the "Transition Yourself" Google Group will be made public.

Below are a few highlights from that workshop.

1. Your "Elevator Speech"    
2. Your "Employment Tool Kit" (Private) - My version
   

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Return to my LWPS post called Google Groups.

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¹ 
Information about the workshop is located here - http://www.cityofpt.us/Library/Hardtimesworkshops.asp
² Here is an article about the same grant awarded to the Whatcom County Library System

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Welcome to my LWPS post about my Google Groups (GG).

I am most active in the private "Transition Yourself" GG.

Please click on this link to go to the LWPS post I am maintaining about my work with that group.

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My Google Profile (Private)

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has just released this table of employment by occupation, 2008 and projected 2018.

Thanks to Dr. Laurence Shatkin's Tweet 12/10/09

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Ofer Malamud, a University of Chicago labor economist, has written an interesting paper on the effects of early specialization on career change. His findings are that university students who specialize early are more likely to change careers than students who specialize later. He proposes that the years of university exploration contribute to a better understanding of tastes, preferences and abilities and lead to greater alignment between studies and work.

See http://www.nber.org/papers/w15522 for an abstract and info on downloading. Also, Inside Hgher Ed has an article on the paper at http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/11/25/nber.

It’s an interesting exploration that can be obtained from the National Bureau of Economic Research. Downloads are free to people with .gov and .edu email addresses.

Source: Scott Gillie's post on the ACSCI-L Yahoo Group

In his  "Back to School Event" speech at Arlington, Virginia on September 8, 2009, President Barack Obama said ...

Every single one of you has something you’re good at. Every single one of you has something to offer. And you have a responsibility to yourself to discover what that is. That’s the opportunity an education can provide.

Where you are right now doesn’t have to determine where you’ll end up. No one’s written your destiny for you. Here in America, you write your own destiny. You make your own future.

These people succeeded because they understand that you can’t let your failures define you – you have to let them teach you.

So today, I want to ask you, what’s your contribution going to be? What problems are you going to solve? What discoveries will you make? What will a president who comes here in twenty or fifty or one hundred years say about what all of you did for this country?

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The speech - http://www.whitehouse.gov/MediaResources/PreparedSchoolRemarks/
The video - http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/A-Message-of-Hope-and-Responsibility-for-Americas-Students/

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Dr. Laurence Shatkin just posted a tweet about a four (4) page PDF entitled "Career planning the second time around" which is pages 12-15 of the Summer 2009 • Occupational Outlook Quarterly.

I mention it here because the article emphasizes the need to "know yourself" through self-assessment and reflection. "Knowing yourself" is not only important the "second time around", it is also important everytime you either think you are about to have, are in the middle of one, or have just come through a transition. (http://lifeworkps.com/transitions)

But most career changers need to assess themselves, especially their skills and interests. “Self-awareness is critical, but it’s not much appreciated or understood,” says Jansen. “It’s important in identifying what you want to do, what your skills are, and what you don’t—and do—like about your current occupation.”

Self-assessment can be a difficult process because it involves identifying personal flaws as well as strengths, and failures as well as successes. “It’s a big stumbling block, because many people are resistant to the process,” says New York career counselor Angel Román. Like it or not, though, career changers need to consider their values, skills, and interests.

Self-assessment is step 2 of the career/lifework planning process. Reflection is step 6.

As you read the article and review the steps of the career/lifework planning process, you should be thinking about where you will record/collect the data, information and knowledge about yourself. Consider your blog and create a post like mine that I call "My LifeWork Planning Portal". It is the MOST important post in my blog. It shoudl be in yours as well.

Click on the tag "know yourself" below to see other post.

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